Example sentences of "[adj] 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 21 per cent of spending is by the top 10 per cent by income . |
| 2 | The criteria for inclusion are complicated , but basically the doctors were looking for men in the top 10 per cent of overall risk . |
| 3 | Taylor runs a government funded research team which is trying to develop a computer that can make the right tactical decisions as consistently as the top 10 per cent of generals . |
| 4 | The top 10 per cent of the people receive half the annual revenue . |
| 5 | Yesterday the region — once the engine room of the late Eighties boom — saw its jobless total top 10 per cent for the first time since the end of the Second World War . |
| 6 | The share of income paid in taxes was more or less proportional to income for most families ( about 20–5 per cent of income ) and then rose for the top 10 per cent of highest income earners . |
| 7 | The gains recorded by the top 10 per cent of households amounted to 40 a week , mostly in lower taxes , while the middle income groups were little affected and the poorer ones lost over 10 a week in benefits and higher VAT . |
| 8 | For example , between 1970 and 1990 the distribution of income on a per capita basis in some Third World countries became more unequal , the top 10 per cent got relatively more and the bottom 10 per cent got relatively less , while the average per capita income ( gross national product divided by population ) roughly doubled in this period . |
| 9 | But Lewis passionately wants to beat Bowe inside not outside the ring and is prepared to take a derisory 10 per cent of the projected $30m fight instead of the normal 25 per cent . |
| 10 | Yesterday , the NFU warned that 1990 figures would reveal a fresh 10 per cent . |
| 11 | Suppose , in the simplest possible case , banks operate a rigid 10 per cent cash ratio and just have two types of asset : cash and advances . |
| 12 | There was a punishing 10 per cent on petrol duties to add 15p to a gallon of four-star and 10p on a packet of 20 cigarettes . |
| 13 | The remaining 10 per cent of CFCs will only be used for ‘ essential ’ products , including medical and industrial products . |
| 14 | The remaining 10 per cent , I sit back and let John manipulate me . |
| 15 | But this would still leave us wishing to put right the remaining 10 per cent . |
| 16 | Suppose now that it lends 90 per cent of that deposit in sterling to a UK resident who spends it in such a way that it is redeposited with the UK bank ; also that the remaining 10 per cent is held by the overseas bank as an interest-bearing sterling deposit with the UK bank . |
| 17 | Identify the opportunities for selling on and target for an extra 10 per cent . |
| 18 | The yard declined and by telex on June 26 , 1973 , said that , if the owners did not agree to pay the extra 10 per cent . |
| 19 | Counsel 's argument for the owners that the agreement to pay the extra 10 per cent . |
| 20 | If the extra 10 per cent . |
| 21 | That is why South Glamorgan had an extra 10 per cent . |
| 22 | A similar 10 per cent tax had been announced in 1987 [ see p. 35723 ] with effect from January 1989 but was dropped in April 1989 after it had provoked a flight of capital abroad [ see pp. 36597-98 ] . |
| 23 | ‘ The fact that you remove saturated fat from your diet is profoundly important , ’ says Professor James , ‘ and you get an additional 10 per cent fall in cholesterol levels if you happen to eat more fruit and vegetables as a way of removing saturated fat from the diet . |
| 24 | The letter of credit was increased , the instalments were paid with the additional 10 per cent . |
| 25 | I have come to the conclusion that the important points here are that ( i ) since there was no danger at this time in registering a protest , ( ii ) the final payments were made without any qualification , and ( iii ) were followed by a delay until July 31 , 1975 , before the owners put forward their claim , the correct inference to draw , taking an objective view of the facts , is that the action and inaction of the owners can only be regarded as an affirmation of the variation in June , 1973 , of the terms of the original contract by the agreement to pay the additional 10 per cent . |
| 26 | Unemployment rose from 272,000 in July ( 3.1 per cent of the workforce ) to 350,000 at the end of August ( 4.17 per cent of the workforce ) , with an additional 10 per cent of the workforce employed only on a short-time basis . |
| 27 | With regard to UK source income it was accepted , because the income arose in the United Kingdom , that the trust was liable to tax at the basic rate and the additional 10 per cent rate ( p474(h) ) . |
| 28 | Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent . |
| 29 | The fineness of the gold began a gentle decline through the tenth century to about 90 per cent , and debasement accelerated during the following century until it took a sudden nosedive in the two decades between 1071 and 1092 , falling from about 70 per cent to a mere 10 per cent . |
| 30 | Also , Christie 's tell me that their film and entertainment sale of December 1991 saw a mere 10 per cent unsold by value and a paltry 25 per cent unsold by lot , which of course does not add up to ‘ a third of the lots ’ unsold , as I wrongly stated last week . |